Abdominal tuberculosis in Bradford, UK: 1992-2002

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 967-971

  Singhal, Amit ^a,b   Gulati, Atul ^a   Frizell, Ruth ^a   Manning, Adrian P ^a  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis; Acid fast bacilli; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis; Ileocaecal disease; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STOMACH BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 23944462921     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200509000-00013     Document Type: Review

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